The first Ottawa Hybrid Tournament was held this past Saturday at the University of Ottawa. 14 teams competed in a tournament featuring a mix of "trash" and academic questions. 2 pools of 7 teams played a round-robin, followed by a bracketed split of upper 4/lower 3. Final standings: Upper bracket: 1: "11-2" (Toronto) 10-0 2: "What Would Brian Boitano Do for a Klondike Bar?" (Rochester) 8-2 3: Team triviahalloffame.com 7-3 4t: "Dick Pound's All-Stars" (McGill) 6-4 4t: "Plastered Stuffed Animals" (Brock + UWO) 6-4 6: "African Swallows" (Toronto) 5-5 7t: McGill B 4-6 7t: "Rock, Paper, Scissors" (McGill) 4-6 Supporting bracket: 1: "Vexillologists Anonymous" (Rochester) 5-4 2t: "LegoMan's Fan Club" (Ottawa) 3-6 2t: "The A-Team" (Carleton) 3-6 4t: "Brad Andrews Fan Club" (Rochester) 2-7 4t: "Michelle Kwan's Heimlich Maneuver Rescue Squad" (Rochester) 2-7 4t: "Catastrophic Blood Loss" (UWO) 2-7 Statistics are available here, excusing the Geocities pop-up for Windows users: http://ca.geocities.com/uotrivia/oht05/oht05_standings.html Top individuals were Gordon Arsenoff (What Would Brian Boitano Do...) at 58.5 ppg, Bobby Hsu (11-2) at 56 ppg, and Paul Paquet (triviahalloffame.com) at 44 ppg. The top rookie was Dave of Rock, Paper, Scissors at 39.5 ppg Thanks to all the teams that wrote packs, all the players that helped out during byes, and all the people that made the trip to Ottawa, whether near or far. Please note that UBC is holding a mirror of this tournament next week, and some questions may be used at an upcoming hybrid tournament in May, so please don't publicly discuss questions on the various boards. Once again, thanks, and we may see you again if we get around to hosting OHT2 next year. Ben Smith, U of O Trivia. ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
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